Use of "offensive" language on the forum

[Vecter]

In the grand scheme of things a majority of the gaming subcultures where rape is used a lot (fighting games/shooting games/competitive mmos/mobas being a really large culprit... and I'm a competitive fighting game player myself) are male dominated with very very small female representation. As such communities create their own meaning for words and are not intended to offend or be taken literally... for a lack of better term it is slang.

That being said a majority of us do have the vocabulary to use other words to describe the same thing but many of us will gravitate towards using language that we find used in our daily gaming experiences. Will that offend some people? Probably... but just like the word "cunt" is severely offensive to many (women in particular) in places like Australia it is a word of endearment towards good friends (I have about 20 aussi friends who use this with me weekly). Just like Nigga/Nigger used between friends normally of african american descent (though used a lot by latin americans as well) and has been desensitized over time. (Also extremely prevalent in the communities I'm apart of outside of here)

Language is expression, if you don't like how someone expresses themselves then ignore them in my opinion.

This isn't aimed towards you or Blast3r in particular... just my point of view.

I find myself trying to avoid using terms that I consider demeaning or reprehensible; gay, rape, nigger, fag, cunt, etc (only typed here for example) While some may feel using "rape" in gaming situations is socially acceptable, I feel it is not. Placing the severity of what rape is into something that is generally done in a fun environment (such as gaming) just diminishes the impact that using "rape" should have. Almost like a cry wolf type thing. It is a serious situation around the world. As a community I feel we can rise above these so called accepted behaviors and CHANGE them.

But as a moderator I place freedom of expression above my own personal feelings. Unless rules are developed people can choose to express themselves how they want as long as doing so is on topic and is not done so to elicit responses that just create more drama or infighting.

[Shodokan]

I find myself trying to avoid using terms that I consider demeaning or reprehensible; gay, rape, nigger, fag, cunt, etc (only typed here for example) While some may feel using "rape" in gaming situations is socially acceptable, I feel it is not. Placing the severity of what rape is into something that is generally done in a fun environment (such as gaming) just diminishes the impact that using "rape" should have. Almost like a cry wolf type thing. It is a serious situation around the world. As a community I feel we can rise above these so called accepted behaviors and CHANGE them.

But as a moderator I place freedom of expression above my own personal feelings. Unless rules are developed people can choose to express themselves how they want as long as doing so is on topic and is not done so to elicit responses that just create more drama or infighting.

Most of the time things like that (rape in specific) are used are to describe the demoralization of the opposition, which i guess in essence is part of the feelings that one has when something as unfortunate as that happens to someone.

That being said though from what I've seen and how I've used it (or others) was never to elicit responses that create drama... more along the lines of someone decided they didn't like the usage of the word PERIOD and let their opinions be known on the matter which then frustrated people because of the adherence to the wishes of one/few person(s). It's a double edged sword really.

I mean we can all try to refrain from derogatory/demeaning words... it is someone else's forum and we don't have free speech if they decide against it.

@Zenga I'm 24 man.